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Responsibilities
Health and Safety Manager
4.5 The Health and Safety Manager is responsible for:
• Advising on Fire Policy;
• Advising on Personal Emergency Evacuation Plans (PEEPs);
• Writing and reviewing evacuation procedures;
• Ensuring fire drills are undertaken;
Asset Management
4.6 Breckland Asset Management will be responsible for:
• Ensuring fire alarm/emergency lighting tests are undertaken and recorded as per current
legislation;
• Ensuring regular checks are made on fire extinguishers and emergency exits.
Managers/supervisors
4.7 Managers/supervisors are responsible for:
• Ensuring their employees are aware of the fire hazards recorded and ensure the fire risk
assessment is amended when the risk increases or decreases;
• Ensuring employees receive the appropriate training as part of induction process. It will
need to cover the following;
- Emergency exits – at least two;
- Location of assembly point(s);
- Specific fire precautions for your place of work (if any);
- Use of fire extinguishers;
- Fire/Emergency procedures;
- Introduction to fire wardens at place of work.
• Ensuring employees complete the “Fire safety” training module that is located on the
Partnership’s intranet site under “Mandatory Health & Safety Training” as part of the
initial induction and then annually (a requirement of reference A);
• Ensuring their employees with disabilities have the appropriate Personal Emergency
Evacuation Plan (PEEP) in place to ensure safe evacuation of the building and this plan
is passed to both the Health and Safety Manager and Facilities management.
Employees
4.8 All employees are to:
• Follow the emergency procedures as published;
• Complete the “Fire safety” training module that is located on the Partnership’s intranet
site under “Mandatory Health & Safety Training” as part of the initial induction and then
annually (Employees who have access to a computer).
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